The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24081   Message #272450
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
06-Aug-00 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?
Subject: RE: Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?
After plotting the stressed note sequence of "Sly Patrick" with those of the tune family that I cited, (in file COMBCOD2. TXT on my website) I've come to the conclusion that the identification of "Sly Patrick" with the tune family is probably wrong. "Sly Patrick" in #5348 in 'Sources of traditional Music' and the cross-reference number is 1241. It is possible that this cross-reference number is a misprint, (and I've found a few such in SITM) but I can't find any earlier tune that's very similar to "Sly Patrick". A similar later one is "The Stooped Old Man", #8405 and #8443 in my index, but no other tune in my index has exactly the same stressed note code as "Sly Patrick", and "The Stooped Old Man" is the only one very close (2 of the 8 stressed notes different).